boolean.h

Pegasus is an open-source implementationof the DMTF CIM and WBEM standards. It is designed to be por

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#ifndef Pegasus_Boolean_h
#define Pegasus_Boolean_h

#include <Pegasus/Common/Config.h>

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_BEGIN

/** This class provides an implementation of the boolean for compilers which
    do not support "bool" as a type.

    This class is not used by modern C++ compilers.
*/
class Boolean
{
public:

    Boolean() { }

    ~Boolean() { }

    Boolean(const Boolean& x) : _flag(x._flag) { }

    Boolean(int flag) : _flag(flag ? 1 : 0) { }

    Boolean& operator=(const Boolean& flag) { _flag = flag; return *this; }

    Boolean& operator=(int flag) { _flag = flag ? 1 : 0; return *this; }

    operator int() const { return _flag; }

    friend Boolean operator==(const Boolean& x, const Boolean& y);

    friend Boolean operator!=(const Boolean& x, const Boolean& y);

private:

    char _flag;
};

inline Boolean operator==(const Boolean& x, const Boolean& y)
{
    return x._flag == y._flag;
}

inline Boolean operator!=(const Boolean& x, const Boolean& y)
{
    return !operator==(x, y);
}

#define true Boolean(1)

#define false Boolean(0)

PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END

#endif /* Pegasus_Boolean_h */